"Excuse Me."

During the busy time of April we always are around a lot of people due to holidays, birthdays, etc.  I feel like Jeremy and I are really trying to teach our girls to be well-mannered and behaved, but sometimes even that can backfire.  We had people over at our house and Rylee was trying to get through and walked right in the way of someone so I said, "Rylee, you need to say excuse me."  Without skipping a beat,  she turns and looks and me and replies, "Why?  I didn't rip a toot!"

My 1st Chemistry Set

One of my proudest moments happened immediately after Abbie's Friend Birthday.  We were hauling all kinds of gifts in the house from her party and I said, "Well what are you going to play with first?"  Abbie's response, "Can I play with the chemistry set right now?"  I couldn't get the science set out fast enough.  That's my girl...wants to do science experiments over playing with dolls!!!

One of the first experiments that we did was testing acids and bases using litmus paper.

Abbie's Friend Birthday

My dear friend Melissa had told me about a fun birthday party that she had taken her daughter to at Pretty One Productions.  She told me it was "all girl" and that sounded perfect for what Abbie loves to do right now.  Abbie is really into dancing, singing, dressing up, and putting on shows for us; so this party was totally up her alley.  For Abbie's 7th Birthday Party, with her friends, we had a fantastic time at Pretty One Productions.

First, as the girls arrived they each colored and decorated their own princess crown.

The Birthday Princess



Next, the girls played some games. One of the games was a race where the girls each had a clothing item that they had to dress up one of the team members with. There were three teams and whomever dressed their team member completely, won. They played several rounds so everyone of the team could take turns being "dressed up." This is the point in the party that I just had to let go of my obsessive germ problem. All of the dress-up clothes came from a dress-up box owned by the company...I am sure the clothes are washed after each and every use (that is what I still tell myself).








Run Norah, Run!



Next was make-up--which really tested my germ phobia.  The girls all had their make-up done (which again was the companies and the girls all shared it, but the no one got pink eye the next day...Phew!)  The girls loved picking out their eye shadow colors and had a great time.  Watching them think the make-over was fantastic made me remember what was important!





What a beautiful color combination!  Really accents your eyes, Abbie!

Bring on the lipstick....



Doesn't Rylee look beautiful too??

 

After the girls were all made up and looking beautiful, they got to go upstairs and pick up a dress they wanted to model for all of the parents sitting around the bottom of the stage.  It was so much fun to watch some of their personalities come out.

Rylee chose such a cute fairy dress.  However she got shy and barely came out on stage.



What a beautiful group of princesses!



Back: Bree H., Norah A., Sarah F., Abbie, Logan R., Olivia V.
Front:  Jazmyn, Jenna E., Taylee V., Rylee, Emily S.

Lastly, the girls got their nails done and were totally gorgeous from head to toe.

Abbie didn't want a theme to this party, instead just today's favorite colors, blue and purple, were the center for her birthday ice cream cake.

"Happy Birthday to Abbie.  Happy Birthday to You."

My beautiful princesses after the birthday party!

 

Fun Weekend

At the beginning of March we had a fun girls' weekend and one of the things we did was put fake fingernails on.  They didn't quite fit the girls' nails and the didn't last long (less than an hour for Rylee) but they sure thought they were fun!

Abbie's Spring Pictures

It's picture time AGAIN!  Only this time it wasn't Mom that was requiring us to get all fancied up, but instead the school wanted to do spring pictures.  As Abbie got all ready and was going to pose for me before school, Rylee didn't want to miss out on the action either.



What is with this pose?  What age does she stand with both feet on the ground again?

"Take a picture of me, Mom."

"What about this splits one too?"

1st Grade BB Comes to a Close

At the start of March, BB drew to a close and the girls were going to miss Coach Katie.  At the beginning of the season the girls had a hard time dribbling and still weren't really sure when to shoot, when to take ball out, when to run back down the court, etc.  Katie did a good job with them and by the end of the season they were understanding the logistics of the game and were playing great defense.

Group Hug

Norah A., Marissa M., Alexis, Coach Katie, Dani S., Abbie, Jenna E.

Sledding....again!

February brought another sledding trip to the mountains.  This time it was just the four of us and we had lots and lots of fun!

 

The girls wrestled with Jeremy and tried to gang up on him in a snowball fight.

Rylee took breaks from wrestling with dad to eat some snow.

Daddy is Strong

A long day of sledding can be exhausting.  Rylee fell asleep waiting for her dinner!

Sledding with Etcheberrys

Our favorite thing to do in the winter.....SLEDDING!!  The Etcheberry's joined us for a day of fun on a WARM, winter afternoon.  What could be better than a day with perfect winter weather, roasted hot dogs and hot chocolate, and good friends?



Rylee liked to sled with Carrie, so Carrie gets her all set...



lets her go....



and she's off!!!



All smiles...the faster, the better!!





Momma's Taking Pictures AGAIN!!!

They are too cute...who can resist taking pictures of them!



It is so warm out that Abbie and Jeremy have taken their coats off and are just in their sweatshirts.

My Silly Family

 

Enough pictures...let's get back to the sledding!!

 

And we ended the day by building a snowman!  What a GREAT day!!